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Kimi Räikkönen Felt Third Was ‘Possible' If Qualifying Error Didn't Occur

Kimi Räikkönen says it's a pity to not capture third place in Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, as Scuderia Ferrari makes another costly strategic error. Both Räikkönen and team-mate Sebastian Vettel took Ferrari's gamble on intermediate tyres at the beginning of Qualifying 3, predicting an early shower for the session. The rain didn't arrive as the Italian team had predicted, leaving them late in setting a lap. By the team Ferrari were able to set a lap, the rain started to arrive leaving both cars fighting on an changing track. The Finn was able to set a time to go fourth fastest behind Max Verstappen but couldn't improve on his second lap after a mistake at the Spoon curve....
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